Participants of the protest action against relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot

18 March 2022, 08:39

Armenian opposition claims refusal to fight for Nagorno-Karabakh is unacceptable

In its dialogue with Turkey, Armenia pursues the concession policy; however, the current authorities have no mandate for new concessions and new losses, oppositionists have stated at their rally in Yerevan.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 17, about 200 members of youth organizations of the oppositional "Dashnaktsutyun" Party and the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) took part in a protest action held near the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) located in central Yerevan. The establishment of relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey is contrary to the interests of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, oppositional activists stated at the rally.

The protesters near the MFA building in central Yerevan believe that in its dialogue with Turkey, Armenia is pursuing a policy of concessions; and both the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh and the issue of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Turkey are at stake. According to the protesters, the current authorities have no mandate for new concessions and new losses.

One of the protesters, a member of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" Party, said in his address to the audience that "Armenian authorities are negotiating with Turkey and Azerbaijan behind the backs of the people and are trading in the country and its sovereignty."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 17, 2022 at 08:41 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Armine Martirosyan Source: CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

January 19, 2025 01:22

January 18, 2025 22:48

  • HRW claims deterioration of human rights situation in Azerbaijan

    In its annual report on the human rights situation, the “Human Rights Watch” (HRW) international human rights organization has pointed to the intensification of repression against journalists and activists in Azerbaijan, as well as the practice of torture in prisons and the persecution of LGBT* community members.

January 18, 2025 22:39

January 18, 2025 22:14

  • Rights defender Nagavkin asks Putin to send colony inmates to Anapa

    In a letter to the Russian President, Igor Nagavkin, a convicted human rights defender, has offered to involve prisoners from the penal colonies in the liquidation of the environmental disaster in Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) and expressed his desire to go to Anapa; he himself has expressed his readiness to take part in cleaning the beaches voluntarily and free of charge.

January 18, 2025 20:38

  • In Tbilisi, march participants demand to release Mziya Amaglobeli

    On the 50th day of protests against the suspension of Georgia’s European integration, activists demanded to provide them with airtime on the “Georgian Public Broadcaster” Radio and TV Company to talk about the circumstances of the detention and arrest of Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications.

News archive